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West Jordan partnering with Red Cross to address blood shortage

Feb 23, 2022 07:50PM ● By Linda Steele

West Jordan leaders have teamed up with the Utah Red Cross for a quarterly blood drive.

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Taylorsville woman heard Tonga volcano eruption while speaking with frightened relatives on the phone

Feb 23, 2022 07:37PM ● By Carl Fauver

Ivoni Nash of Taylorsville was on the phone with relatives in Tonga when the Jan. 15 volcano eruption rocked her South Pacific homeland. Now Nash and her employer—the Murray-based National Tongan American Society—is working to assist the ravaged country.

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Taylorsville Youth Council roaring back a year after coronavirus effectively shut them down

Feb 23, 2022 07:36PM ● By Carl Fauver

Following a frustrating year spent dodging COVID-19—and watching most of their “normal” activities get cancelled—the Taylorsville Youth Council is back up and running at full speed this year. And during the holiday season, one member headed up a very successful clothing drive.

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Central Park Chapel is a SSL architectural treasure

Feb 23, 2022 07:28PM ● By Bill Hardesty

The Central Park Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on the corner of 300 East and 2700 South is 95 years old. The building was built in the Prairie School style.

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Green thumbs get ready! City to open new community garden

Feb 23, 2022 07:27PM ● By Bill Hardesty

The SSL Department of Neighborhoods is creating a community garden south of Fitts Park on 400 East. The plan is to have it ready for the 2022 growing season.

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Bad Dog Arts: a community centered approach to art programs

Feb 23, 2022 07:00PM ● By Addie Hunsaker

Bad Dog Arts is an organization in partnership with South Salt Lake and local artists, that offers workshops in many mediums to the community and has an outreach within the Salt Lake City School District.

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